Comparison

Romantic Diary vs Starry Love

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Romantic Diary

Experience a Japanese-style romance simulation with a creative love system and unique dress-up options. Compose love songs with your virtual partner, enjoy voice acting, and explore diverse fashion styles. Customize your wardrobe and embark on an immersive journey to find love.

Highlights
  • Creative love system
  • Unique his-and-hers clothes
  • Voice artist performances
  • Interactive dating gameplay
  • Diverse town styles
  • Customized wardrobes
  • DIY make-up and fashion matching
Features
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Romantic Diary! The first romantic love & dress-up game, which has a Japanese fresh style, creative love system, unique his-and-hers clothes. Composing a sweet love song with your Mr.Right is such a great feeling. Well-known voice artists devote themselves for telling our tender first love. Moreover, various colorful costume matching and customized wardrobes are waiting for you! Becoming a gorgeous princess, and you deserves to be loved! [Popular voice artists join at this] In a tender music, you will hear the sounds of ‘tsundere’ prince, sunny boy or girl, or graceful childe. Feeling the warm aura of these familiar sound and twittering, makes people cannot help turning her face to red and fastening heartbeat. All these gameplay are bringing you a special care. [date your god and found love rules] ‘tsundere’, ’sweet guy’, ’overbearing president’, which do you prefer? To break with traditional love tasks,in our interactive love gameplay, not only can your boyfriends talk to you, also invite you to have a date. The guys in love are both thoughtful and jealous, so sometimes they are god-alike, and sometimes they are neuropathic! [Immersive fantastic journey] The game has different styles of towns such as Pastoral life, casual fashion, oriental lingering charm, or even naturalism, etc. Change your favorite clothes! start your fantastic journey! You will finally meet someone who has a distinct character or mystic status and compose your wonderful love song. [our first love] Couple costumes are personally customized! In the game, all clothing are fine painted. From overall modelling to details or small decorations, none of them are not designed elaborately. Casual Fashion, Ancient costume and kimono, Gothic and Retro Style, Fairy tale dream... All styles are contained, the visual extravaganza is comparable to a top fashion show. [customized exclusive wardrobe] Collect them by yourself, it customized! You can own your exclusive wardrobe. Variety DIY make-up, hundreds of exquisite clothes, and thousands of match style are all available here! Moreover, the Chinese palace, ancient costume, constellation and other different styles are so brilliant in the game. You can also customize your most beautiful wedding dress by yourself, which records the best memories! E-mail:kefu@funtoygame.com

About

Starry Love

Embark on a romantic journey in a virtual city, becoming a rising streamer. Customize your look with hundreds of fashion styles and makeup options. Engage in thrilling dates with diverse characters and manage your own team to achieve success.

Highlights
  • Extensive fashion and makeup customization
  • Dating simulation with multiple characters
  • Team management and studio growth
  • Engaging in-game events and activities
  • Virtual city exploration and encounters
Features
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In Startale City, we start off your journey in the game with romance and love. Surprises are about to happen and special encounters are waiting for you. All kinds of handsome confidants and fans will follow and grow with you to overcome your obstacles. They will bear witness to your ascension to become the most outstanding streamer. [Hundreds of styles and fashion to choose from] The ever-changing fashion style and rich matching outfits allows you to be dressed from head to toe, from the coolest futuristic style to being a sweet loli. Leading the fashion trend, the spotlight is all centered on you. Don't forget to put on your makeup too. From the mature style of a Korean to the sweet style of a Japanese lady is all included! Do you want to be an innocent angel or a sexy-looking girl? It is all up to you! [Handsome guys full of personality and thrilling dates] Favoured by the God of Luck, you have chances to have some wonderful encounters. Domineering presidents, newbies in the entertainment industry... 5 different handsome men, there must be one that could capture your heart. Dating with different men, chating online with sweet conversation, both of them becoming true! Here will be a real emotional experience! [Manage your own team and increase your ability] You can build your own team. Recruiting members, expanding the size of your studio and power, making the streaming business flourish. A strong team will be your back on your acting career, solving your problems and always staying with you. [Interesting Events, work and entertainment] In your free time, apart from the busy life of an artist, you also have time of your own. You can go out for a walk and have your favourite afternoon tea with your favourite guy, go shopping at clothing store to buy new clothes for yourself or study with your team in the Library. Even if you are shopping aimlessly, there might be unexpected surprises waiting for you!

Screenshots

Romantic Diary4 screens
Starry Love4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Starry Love at 4.4 against Romantic Diary's 3.6. Romantic Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Romantic Diary sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Starry Love sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Starry Love holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 185 and 179 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of Romantic Diary's written reviews are positive against 47% of Starry Love's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Romantic Diary versus Starry Love: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRomantic DiaryStarry Love
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (185 ratings)4.4 (179 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.0% of reviews — better46.8% of reviews
Number of ratings185 — better179
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size991 MB244 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFUNDOLL GLOBAL LIMITEDModo Game

Customer experience

Romantic Diary

All ratings186 ratings
Positive61.3%
Neutral10.2%
Negative28.5%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive52.0%
Neutral11.3%
Negative36.7%

Starry Love

All ratings181 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive46.8%
Neutral15.6%
Negative37.6%

User reviews

Romantic Diary

From 185 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Unique and beautiful game
  • 🎨 Gorgeous art and fashion
  • ⭐ Addictive and enjoyable gameplay
  • 👍 Free-to-play with optional purchases

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Login and account issues
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding/creating desired username

Starry Love

From 179 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💎 Great game
  • 🎨 Beautiful artwork
  • 🎁 Generous to new players
  • 🕹️ Addictive and fun gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🤖 Language issues (Chinese only)
  • 🔁 Repetitive storyline
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🐌 Performance issues (lag, crashes)

Bugs and requests

Romantic Diary

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Network connection errors
  • Missing or invisible items/features
  • Purchases not being credited properly
  • Inability to progress past certain chapters

Requested features

4 requests
  • More story content and updates
  • Improved event and limited-time features
  • Better account management and recovery
  • Optimization for newer devices

Starry Love

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues
  • Inability to recover old accounts
  • Incorrect rewards/progress tracking
  • Compatibility problems on newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more languages (English, Spanish, etc.)
  • Improve translation quality
  • Introduce more varied gameplay modes
  • Optimize performance for better user experience

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Romantic Diary

One-time10
  • 60 Diamond$0.99
  • Big Sale$0.99
  • Hot Pack A$0.99
Show 7 more
  • 180 Diamond$2.99
  • Hot Pack B$3.99
  • Monthly Card$4.99
  • 680 Diamonds$9.99
  • 1280 Diamond$19.99
  • 2580 Diamond$39.99
  • 6480 Diamonds$99.99
11 purchases

Starry Love

One-time11
  • 60 diamond$0.99
  • 120 diamond$1.99
  • Monthly card$3.99
Show 8 more
  • 300 diamond$4.99
  • game services$9.99
  • Privilege card$12.99
  • game services$14.99
  • game services$19.99
  • 2400 diamond$39.99
  • 3000 diamond$49.99
  • 6000 diamond$99.99

Questions

Is Romantic Diary free?
Romantic Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Starry Love free?
Starry Love is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Romantic Diary or Starry Love?
Starry Love is rated higher. Romantic Diary averages 3.6 out of 5 from 185 ratings, while Starry Love averages 4.4 from 179 ratings.
Do Romantic Diary or Starry Love have ads?
Neither Romantic Diary nor Starry Love shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Romantic Diary or Starry Love?
Romantic Diary ships an update every 2 months, and Starry Love every 2 months. Most recently, Romantic Diary was updated on October 24, 2026 and Starry Love on October 22, 2026.

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